Hi i just installed MySQL on my server however it will not start. Even if i run the /bin/mysql.exe file i just get an error: "ERROR 2003: Can not connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)"
Its MySQL version 4.0 and PHP 4.3.2 running on windows 2003 and IIS 6.0.
I have tried everything i can, but dont know what to do now because i cant do anything with MySQL even from the exe file.
Sounds like the daemon might not be running. In the \bin\ directory there should be a winmysqladmin executable. Run it. I believe once it starts it immediately minimizes itself to the start bar. The daemon should be started now. You can right click on its icon (a stoplight I think) and choose "Show Me" and it'll tell you if the daemon is running or not. You should be able to use mysql.exe to bring up the command line interface now. I don't have a Windows box with MySQL on it to verify that so I'm just trying to go by memory here.. 